
I used them in our classroom as incentive for close reading. The word capacious, meaning ample, roomy, and generous - was one of our Stave 2 vocabulary words, from when Fezziwig adjusts his "capacious waistcoat". But, the word is used twice in Stave 3, as well, in connection with the Ghost of Christmas Present.
This garment hung so loosely on the figure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.
How it bared its breadth of breast, and opened its capacious palm, and floated on, outpouring, with a generous hand, its bright and harmless mirth on everything within its reach!
So, as we read Stave 3 aloud, I had the students on the lookout for the word. When they spotted it, all they had to do was raise their hand, and point it out on the page, and they could receive a piece of coal - for a total of two pieces of coal each for the chapter. Not exactly a capacious amount, but enough to keep the students engaged, and following along while their classmates took their turns reading.
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It always pays to keep them paying attention.
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